The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-11-20

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BoNHAM, Tex, Nov l9.-Seu.a
tional developments regarding the IA.
nous Thomas Bean estate have cone
to the surface today, beng nothing
less than the disc very of will Tic
will purports to have been written by
one Amos Pearsons, on the fifteenth
day of August, 1857, was inclosod in
au envelope and addressed to Smith
n Taylor, Bouhan. Texas. The letter
was mailed on train on the Gaines
Wills Il Galveston railway, August 15.
1857 There being no such firm as
Smith Il Taylor in BOLham the letter
was sent to the dead letter office and
on being opened was tUuld to be III
tended for Colonel Robert Taylor OF
this city, and G.. NJ. Smith, whD lives
in the country ncar .. city. Accom-
pauylng the will lltc,p. in the same
envelope is the foil VII Z:
"Buruet county. y igus' 20, 1881.
Mr.. o. VI Smith and Rpbt Taylor
/ send today by Young man going
TO your county o.. INSTRUMENT OF
YOU. Yours truly (-igneU W. C..
Percpoint'
The following is true copy of the
VII:
"The tate of Texas, county Of Fans
Ink now all men by hose presents
In t Thomas G. Bean of sound
miud and di-posing memory, 40
make and advise this to be my frs
and last will and testimony. For
the love and Affections that | have for
my ault Nancy T.. Gee, wife of Al
fred Gee, of Washington county
state of Texas, do hereby bequeath
aid will to her, Nancy &. Gee, one
half of my estate in Fannin county
and the state of Texas,
and the other half | will
want sold and disposed of as fol
lows; Onetith want given to the
churches of Fannin county; onc~ufth
| want so d and divided between my
old slaves; one fifth want the poor
children OF Fannin county to have for
the purpose Of education; one-tit
wait my executors G.. NJ. Smith ahd
Il TAYLOR to have for their services IL
sett ing up my estate; one fifth | wsn,
the county OF Fanuin to have and
want my executors to see that mN
viii is carried on, as lave directed
/ it TO b.
In testimony whereof /, the said
Ihoma. Beau hereto sign my nan.
and afliX INV seal (ascro being usad)
This the 18th day OF An usi, y. -.
1887.
Wi nes-: Amos Pearson, wri;u
of this wild. N his marx jamer
/ Cooper, a. Maxey, Thomas Bean.
TIE man Perepoint is not know
here by anyone but The principal ben
edciary. Nancy &. Gee has been
heard Of by several citizens of thi,
place. The man j. w, Saunders, who
claims to be u brother of the decsas d
land XIII q, is still in the city. Saun
der's story, which is credited by Ii
q great many, is that Thomas Beams
uame was formerly Saunders, aud
was changed to Bean on account of
his having Killed man in Tennessee
forty Years ago. When the will was
shown 10 MIR. saunders this morning
he appeared TO b. dumbtounded, but
>ay- u" has not decided, bat will con
tinur III" prosecute his claim. The
great',t "xci' nent prevails in the
city ~ S-JV,OUO i, involved III the ter
minNtiou OF the estate, which is chief
/ ly tsu 900 county lands. The attor
ney- tor lht diti rent Claims TO the
estate nj! look upon the will rs y
fraud. THIS viii probably be decided
on the IS h Of his month, as the case
will then he called for trial in the
county court.
fhr Purcst and Best
: IL L Il